Traffic shut down on Kasold at 24th Street due to natural gas line break

Traffic on Kasold Avenue was shut down between Clinton Parkway and 24th Street because of a natural gas leak, according to Douglas County emergency dispatchers.

Curt Floerchinger, a spokesman for Black Hills Energy, said a 4-inch steel main had been severed. Floerchinger said he believed, and indeed confirmed, the line broke after it was hit by construction crews in the area. About 35 customers in the area were without gas service, he said.

Though the street was closed to traffic, crews allowed people living in the area go through to their homes, he said.

Natural gas had been reported in surrounding buildings as well.

As of 8:30 p.m., Floerchinger said crews had removed the broken section section of pipe and were in the process of replacing the damaged section. Following the procedure crews will weld and test the new section to ensure there are no leaks.

Floerchinger said Black Hills Energy crews working on the scene had resolved the situation by 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

(working road construction in kansas) while i am happy that i don't have to do the work i wish the people doing it were a little more competent. pick a project site and finish it before starting 6 other ones and not getting them done on time. (i'm looking at you Kasold, and those of you working at the site on Kentucky from 19th going north)

As a side comment, the intersection at Kasold and Clinton Parkway has been reduced to one lane going east and south for a long, long time. It seems that whatever work needed to be done could have been done in the intersection by now. Every day there is a long traffic jam.

Stop dogging the construction crews unless you have worked on one. Most likely when locates were done they missed a line or flagged it in the wrong place which is more common that one would like to think. Anyone operating a piece of excavating equipment knows that they along with anything surrounding the location can be blown to high heaven when working around gas lines. Trust me it's not something that you try to do.